What is the United States presidential electoral systemThe United States is a presidential system of national and presidential elections are held every four years. The election is a complex and lengthy processAug.Nov.Jan.Jan.Jun.Jul.Aug.Nov.Jan.Jan.Jun.Jul.Inaugural addressAug.Nov.Jan.Jan.Jun.Jul.The Primary electionNational Representatives Conference election campaignElectionThe Primary electionsomeone who will run for president should do these before the election.Before the election choose a suitableoccasion to declare who will run for presidentset up a committeeRaise funds1.The Primary election（预选） is the first stage ，usually starts from the beginning of the election year and ends at the mid-year. 2.The form of a primary is universal suffrage（直接选举）, a state of the two parties (民主党和共和党) voters to vote “pledged delegates” （承诺代表）who would attend the National Convention of the Party, and pledge to support the party candidate. Super Tuesday In the United States, Super Tuesday , in general, refers to the Tuesday in February or March of a presidential election year when the greatest number of states（多数 的州） hold primary elections to select each partys presidential candidates（各政 党的总统候选人。）. National Representatives Conference (全国代表大会) the two parties will always hold the National Convention of the Party respectively in July or August. 2012年8月2730 日共和党全国代表 大会召开2012年9月36日民主 党全国代表大会召开election campaignThe first debate（ 2012年10月3日）The second debate（2012年10月16日）The third debate （2012年10月22日）meet voters (接见选民）and give press conferences（新 闻发布会）2012年10月3日In the first debate, Obama was defeated by RomneyBefore the 2nd debate（2012年10月16日） Obama for his campaign volunteers pizza 2012年10月4号 2012年10月12President Obama and his wife try to make voters happy Romney lovingly holding a children show people, unfortunately the baby burst into tears. Romney play with students2012年10月2日2012年10月10日Election: General electionthe voters across the nation go to the polls. (2012年11月6日，各州选民选举选举代表,全国共选举出538个选举人) the number of electors is equal to the total numb er of congress senators（全国选举人数与国会众参议院人数相等）538 electors100 Senators (参议院）435 Congressmen （众议院）3 electors Washington D.C 535 electorsElectoral College（选举人团）winner-take-all feature(胜者全得 ), majority of electors. (选举人团 投票选举总统）Inaugural addressthe inauguration ceremony (总统宣 誓就职仪式)held in front of the U.S. Capital.Thank you